公开(公告)号：US10982657B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16473008

申请日：2017-12-21

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Karl Gregory ,  Joe Cuoghi

IPC: F03D80/40 ,  F03D7/02

Abstract: Temperature Control Based on Weather Forecasting Examples are generally directed to techniques for controlling a temperature of a blade, such as a blade in a wind turbine system. One example of the present disclosure is a method of controlling a temperature of a blade. The method includes inputting current weather conditions and future weather conditions into a processor, generating a first power production, generating a second power production curve based on future weather conditions, comparing the first power production curve to the second power production curve, determining which power production curve minimizes a new power production loss of the blade, and adjusting a heating cycle of the blade based on the power production curve that minimizes the net power productions loss of the blade.

公开(公告)号：US09828972B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US14373153

申请日：2013-01-09

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Joe Cuoghi ,  Karl Gregory ,  Robert Townsend

IPC: F03D11/00 ,  F03D1/06 ,  F03D7/04 ,  F03D80/40 ,  F03D17/00

CPC classification number: F03D17/00 ,  F03D1/0675 ,  F03D7/042 ,  F03D80/40 ,  F05B2260/20 ,  Y02E10/721

Abstract: A method of de-icing a wind turbine blade (5) comprises the steps of: generating heated air using heating means (10) provided in the root portion of the blade; and continuously circulating the heated air around the interior of the blade through at least a portion of two more longitudinal blade cavities (24, 26, 28) defined within the blade. The circulating step includes: channeling the heated air from an outlet (32a) of the heating means at least part way through a first longitudinal blade cavity (26), towards the tip end (18) of the blade; at a position along the length of the blade, diverting the heated air from the first longitudinal blade cavity (26) into a second longitudinal blade cavity (24); and channeling the diverted air at least part way through the second longitudinal blade cavity (24) back to an inlet (34) of the heating means (10). The heated air is circulated through at least a central cavity (24) and a leading edge cavity (26) defined between longitudinal webs (22) within the blade.

公开(公告)号：US11536253B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17233109

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Karl Gregory ,  Joe Cuoghi

IPC: F03D80/40 ,  F03D7/02

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of controlling a temperature of a blade includes generating a first power production curve based on current weather conditions and generating a second power production curve based on future weather conditions. The method also includes, in response to determining that the second power production curve reduces a net power production loss of the blade more than the first power production curve, adjusting a heating cycle of the blade based on the second power production curve rather than the first power production curve.

公开(公告)号：US10927821B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16090105

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Paul Badger ,  Luke Spandley ,  Stephen Buggy ,  Karl Gregory

IPC: H05B1/02 ,  F03D80/40 ,  H05B3/34

Abstract: Examples are generally directed to techniques for controlling a temperature of a blade in a wind turbine system. One example of the present disclosure is a method of controlling a temperature of a blade in a wind turbine system. The method includes setting a target temperature, inputting physical conditions of the blade and ambient conditions about the blade into a processor, outputting a minimum amount of energy to a heating element of the blade required to reach the target temperature based on the physical conditions and ambient conditions, and adjusting the energy provided to the heating element to reach the target temperature.

公开(公告)号：US10428802B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US15036050

申请日：2014-11-10

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Joe Cuoghi ,  Adrian Edwards ,  Karl Gregory ,  Catherine Anne McCarroll ,  Paul Todd

IPC: F03D80/40 ,  F03D1/06 ,  F03D13/10

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating installation arrangement and a method of forming the heating installation arrangement for a wind turbine blade. The heating installation arrangement (100) for a wind turbine blade comprises a sleigh (101), wherein the sleigh (101) forms a platform of the heating installation arrangement (100), the sleigh further includes a recess (109), wherein the recess (109) includes one or more connection points (110, 112) for a corresponding one or more heating apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20240410340A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18717503

申请日：2022-12-08

Applicant: Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Inventor： Nathan A. Brilliant ,  Toby Collard ,  Mohamed Hashim Ariyur ,  Karl Gregory

IPC: F03D80/30 ,  F03D1/06

Abstract: A wind turbine blade having a blade shell with a lightning protection system. The lightning protection system has a first metal layer at an outer surface of the blade shell and a second metal layer at the outer surface of the blade shell and stacked on the first metal layer to form intimate electrical contact with the first metal layer at a multiple-thickness region.

公开(公告)号：US11976636B1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US18011085

申请日：2021-06-15

Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Inventor： Karl Gregory ,  Keld Rasmussen

IPC: F03D80/40

CPC classification number: F03D80/40 ,  F05B2270/32 ,  F05B2270/325 ,  F05B2270/335

Abstract: A method of activating an ice removal system of a wind turbine comprises: monitoring the output power of the wind turbine; monitoring an output from an ice sensor provided on the wind turbine indicative of an atmospheric icing condition; and activating the ice-removal system when the output power is below an expected output power and the output from the ice sensor indicates that an atmospheric icing condition has ended.